Jonathan Knoll

Jonathan Knoll

User Experience & Web Development Consultant

Greater New York City Area

Current
  • Freelance Interface Engineer at Schematic
  • Principal/Developer/Designer at Infinity Plus One Consulting, LLC
Past
  • Senior Interface Engineer (Freelance) at IconNicholson
  • Web Interface Developer (Consultant) at Bright Pages, LLC
  • Information Architect / User Experience Lead at Standard & Poor's
  • Web Interface Developer at Standard & Poor's
  • Software Test Engineer at RoyaltyShare
  • Web Developer & Administrator at Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center
  • Content Engineer at EoExchange, Inc.
Education
  • University of California, San Diego
  • Michigan State University
  • The Hebrew University

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Industry
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Websites

Jonathan Knoll’s Summary

From Information Architecture to Interaction Design, complete solutions for your web application needs. Experience developing front- and back-end web applications using the current technologies.

For more information, go to www.infinityplusone.com.

Jonathan Knoll’s Specialties:

Web Development (Front-end or Back-end); User Experience; Interaction Design; Test Engineering; Information Architecture; Interface Engineer; Front-end Developer; Computational Linguistics; Political Science


Jonathan Knoll’s Experience

  • Freelance Interface Engineer

    Schematic

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    February 2009Present (6 months)

  • Principal/Developer/Designer

    Infinity Plus One Consulting, LLC

    (Online Media industry)

    August 2000Present (9 years)

    For more information, go to www.infinityplusone.com.

  • Senior Web Developer (Consultant)

    Time Inc. Interactive

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Online Media industry)

    July 2008December 2008 (6 months)

    Had enviable role of roaming gnome, working on most titles on an as-needed basis; these included: Real Simple, Health, InStyle, MyRecipes, and MyHomeIdeas.

    Primary front-end developer for RealSimpleRealLife.com, Recipes.Health.com, TVFan.EW.com.

  • User Experience Consultant

    Night Agency

    (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    April 2008December 2008 (9 months)

    Led brainstorming sessions for client sites and pitches.

    Successfully advocated for reconceptualization of UX strategy for multiple clients, while contributing directly to interaction design and information architecture activities.

    Work includes: FilenesBasement.com, VanKampen.com, Purex.com

  • Volunteer

    Taproot Foundation

    (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

    20082008 (less than a year)

  • Senior Interface Engineer (Freelance)

    IconNicholson

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

    November 2007June 2008 (8 months)

    Have been developing front-end solutions and prototypes for multiple concurrent projects in disparate environments for past nine months.

    Assisted in implementing variations of front-end code for Valspar Paint website, and developed new front-end HTML/CSS/JSP templates for their Cabot Stains website.

    Front-end development using HTML/CSS/JavaScript for various clients including MasterCard, Regeneron, and Robin Hood.

    Links:
    www.mastercard.com/us/personal/es/
    www.mastercard.com/us/company/en/
    www.cabotstains.com
    www.valspar.com
    www.capseducationnetwork.com

  • Web Interface Developer (Consultant)

    Bright Pages, LLC

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    October 2007February 2008 (5 months)

    Short-term engagement as principal web interface developer for their brightpages.com product. (Live on 08/06/08)

    Implemented HTML/CSS/JavaScript in JSP and GWT environments for early development of their 2.0 site.

  • Information Architect / User Experience Lead

    Standard & Poor's

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; MHP; Financial Services industry)

    January 2007October 2007 (10 months)

    Was engaged as UI/UX design and technology expert for overhaul of one of the company's largest in-house web applications.
    Created mockups and built functional front-end prototype for an in-house reporting web application.
    Conducted reviews and provided recommendations for user interface changes for multiple stand-alone and web applications.

  • Web Interface Developer

    Standard & Poor's

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; MHP; Financial Services industry)

    August 2006January 2007 (6 months)

    Built functional prototype, HTML templates, and CSS stylesheets for new eCommerce product, using wireframes and Photoshop mockups alone.
    Advised and implemented shift in web development paradigm for future of Advisor Insight product, by modeling a front-end interface which could mimic variable backends with minimal interaction between.
    Worked on extending cross-browser compatibility for their various web applications.
    Began work on addressing ADA accessibility concerns for certain web applications.

  • Software Test Engineer

    RoyaltyShare

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    May 2006August 2006 (4 months)

    Initiated first broad testing program for royalty tracking system website, and wrote scripts for automated testing and analysis of website.
    Worked directly with CTO in testing and guiding future product development of Royalty Tracking System.

  • Web Developer & Administrator

    Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center

    (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

    February 2004May 2006 (2 years 4 months)

    Completely redesigned and restructured website with focus on standardization and modularization, and implementation of dynamic content.
    Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS
    San Diego JCC

  • Content Engineer

    EoExchange, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

    September 1999December 2000 (1 year 4 months)

    Created tools as well as a testing suite for Content Team, and developed automation scripts for tracking and monitoring of content, as well as for delivery of e-mail notifications.
    Designed, developed, and maintained Team's Intranet, and managed over a dozen separate databases on several machines.


Additional Information

Jonathan Knoll’s Websites:

Jonathan Knoll’s Groups:

  •    Usability Professionals' Association International (UPA-I)
  •    User Experience Network
  •    Taproot Foundation
  •    World Wildlife Fund
  •    Interaction Design Association
  •    Boxes and Arrows
  •    Design Thinking
  •    UX Professionals
  •    Information Architecture Institute (IAI)
  •    IconNicholson / LBi International
  •    User Experience
  •    NextWeb
  •    UX Design / Information Architecture
  •    IxDA NYC
  •    UX Book Club

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